Table 2 Heritability values (\(\widehat{{h}^{2}}\)) for the immunity, haematological and well-being analysed traits, plus standard errors (SE) and confidence intervals at 95% (CI95) of the estimates.

From: Genetic parameters and associated genomic regions for global immunocompetence and other health-related traits in pigs

Trait

\(\widehat{{h}^{2}}\)

SE

CI95

Haematocrit (%)

0.405

0.136

0.140–0.671

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

0.419

0.135

0.154–0.685

Erythrocytes count n/µL

0.669

0.133

0.408–0.930

Mean corpuscular volume (fL)

0.600

0.150

0.305–0.895

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (pg)

0.470

0.135

0.205–0.736

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (g/dL)

0.767

0.150

0.473–1.061

Platelets count n/µL

0.651

0.153

0.351–0.951

Leukocytes count n/µL

0.281

0.128

0.030–0.533

Eosinophils count n/µL

0.594

0.143

0.314–0.875

Lymphocytes count n/µL

0.273

0.130

0.019–0.528

Monocytes count n/µL

0.092

0.080

− 0.065 to 0.248

Neutrophils count n/µL

0.640

0.149

0.348–0.932

IgA in saliva (mg/dl)

0.467

0.161

0.151–0.783

IgA in plasma (mg/ml)

0.671

0.132

0.412–0.930

IgG in plasma (mg/ml)

0.652

0.136

0.517–1.054

IgM in plasma (mg/ml)

0.786

0.137

0.386–0.919

C-reactive protein in serum (µg/ml)

0.245

0.114

0.119–0.685

Haptoglobin in serum (mg/ml)

0.402

0.144

0.021–0.469

Nitric oxide in serum (µM)

0.256

0.120

0.330–0.896

γδ T-lymphocytes subpopulation (%)

0.613

0.144

0.021–0.490

Phagocytosis (% cells)

0.425

0.146

0.139–0.710

Granulocytes phagocytosis (%)

0.185

0.103

− 0.016 to 0.386

Monocytes phagocytosis (%)

0.431

0.152

0.133–0.729

Lymphocytes phagocytosis (%)

0.495

0.149

0.202–0.788

Phagocytosis FITC

0.349

0.141

0.073–0.626

Granulocytes phagocytosis FITC

0.474

0.151

0.179–0.769

Monocytes phagocytosis FITC

0.118

0.106

− 0.089 to 0.325

Lymphocytes phagocytosis FITC

0.407

0.115

0.181–0.633

Cortisol in hair (pg/mg)

0.456

0.142

0.177–0.735

NEU/LYM ratio

0.731

0.155

0.427–1.035

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